Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) paid tens of millions of hryvnias in bail for five suspects in “Operation Midas” Investigators want to know whether any of the money came from the same “back office’ that allegedly laundered kickbacks and other illicit proceeds. Operation Midas is a 15-month-long probe into an alleged kickback network at state-owned Energoatom, where “shadow managers” and officials are accused ofsuppliers to pay 10–15 percent bribes.
Source: OCCRP, 2025-12-13; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ukraine-probes-bail-money-in-operation-midas-case